by Alan | Jun 14, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, Don't!, Leadership, public speaking
This post could have dozens of examples tacked to it. It’s one of the most common things I see. And it’s an easy fix. That’s hard. :-)The phrase goes something like this: “What I want to tell you…” or “I just want to...
by Alan | Jun 9, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, public speaking
In one of the ASTD presentations I was in this past week, the presenter had given the talk earlier in the week. Evidently the feedback forms had already been turned in and seen by the presenter, because he referenced them several times.Part of the session was on...
by Alan | Jun 6, 2007 | Efficiency, Leadership, public speaking
I heard this quote (no attribution) the other week:”We spend far too much time on our jobs, and far too little on ourselves.”I spent a little time improving myself this week at the ASTD ICE conference. It was quite amazing, and I come back with gobs of...
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by Alan | May 31, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership, Parenting, public speaking
Working with The Boy’s Tee Ball team tonight. We’ve really been working on his throwing. Hold the ball high. Step — throw — follow through. Sometimes he does; sometimes he doesn’t. Tonight for the first time, we seemed to have a...
by Alan | Apr 19, 2007 | Business, Communication skills, Customer Service, public speaking
Have had two experiences in the last week that left me wondering if I’d lost ‘it’. Neither was directly my fault and in both cases I already knew better.First, I gave a talk where The Big Cheese (the one who signs the check) and some other Big Shots...
by Alan | Apr 16, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, public speaking
This has multiple variations. Presenter opens talk/sentence/paragraph with “I’d like to tell you a story.” Or it might sound like “Did you hear the joke that begins…?” Message to audience? You can snooze all you want, but I’ll...
